tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post855200232682498776..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Short - Whyteleafe to New Addington or HayesAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-1357126966770770152018-11-11T07:51:39.042+00:002018-11-11T07:51:39.042+00:00Thanks for this brilliant ideas. I fully support ...Thanks for this brilliant ideas. I fully support posting a proper country walk up to 10miles every week. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-59042023656103043972018-11-10T22:54:13.731+00:002018-11-10T22:54:13.731+00:00N=11 on this walk with the w=mild-and-occasional-s...N=11 on this walk with the w=mild-and-occasional-sun-but-with-the-continual-threat-of-rain<br />Lovely walk though slightly more inclines than expected. <br />Lunch at the White Bear was very good with waitress service and no fluster and good food and two great blazing fires - I could have stayed there all day.<br />With the sun shining after lunch and all of us having got our breath back and being refuelled we all ended up doing the 10 mile option, ( much to the chagrin of one walker who wanted to take the short cut but carried on with us )<br />Little to report except that there were horses in the afternoon with extremely thick necks which made a few of us wonder, Why? <br />The Well Wood in the afternoon is a wood of chestnut trees left over from the days of charcoal making so that should be excellent for chestnuts next year.<br />Tea in Hayes was at the regular cafe but they now have a back room with easy chairs and lots of room which was valuable as 9 of us made it and it was a nice finish to the day.<br />Puffing William Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-89658738916860696062018-11-07T12:24:27.034+00:002018-11-07T12:24:27.034+00:00It's worth pointing out that the shorter after...It's worth pointing out that the shorter afternoon option you've chosen finishes in New Addington, not Hayes. So today's walk should be called Whyteleafe to New Addington, not Whyteleafe to Hayes. Trams leave New Addington for East Croydon and West Croydon every 7 or 8 minutes.Chris Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180865385316074697noreply@blogger.com